Contents
Installed Programs:
xinit and startx
Installed Libraries:
None
Installed Directories:
None
Introduction to xinit
The xinit package contains a usable script to start the xserver.
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Note
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Package Information
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Download (HTTP): https://www.x.org/pub/individual/app/xinit-1.4.2.tar.xz
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Download MD5 sum: 0e9a1b9a82b84ab229c709c0f939c113
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Download size: 153 KB
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Estimated disk space required: 1.5 MB
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Estimated build time: less than 0.1 SBU
xinit Dependencies
Required
Recommended (runtime only)
twm-1.0.12,
xclock-1.1.1, and xterm-395 (used in the default
xinitrc file)
Installation of xinit
Install xinit by running the following commands:
./configure $XORG_CONFIG --with-xinitdir=/etc/X11/app-defaults && make
This package does not come with a test suite.
Now, as the root user:
make install && ldconfig
Note
If starting Xorg from the command line, the default instructions
above start Xorg on the current virtual terminal. It may be
convenient to see Xorg and associated application messages on the
current virtual terminal, normally tty1, and start the graphical
environment on the first available unused virtual terminal,
normally tty7. To do this, set the suid bit on the Xorg
application as the root user:
chmod u+s $XORG_PREFIX/bin/Xorg
At this point you can start Xorg on virtual terminal 7 with startx <client arguments> -- vt7. Now you can toggle between tty1 and tty7 with the Ctrl-Alt-F1 and Ctrl-Alt-F7 key combinations.
To automatically start Xorg on the first available virtual
terminal, modify the startx script as the
root user with:
sed -i '/$serverargs $vtarg/ s/serverargs/: #&/' $XORG_PREFIX/bin/startx
After this change, the virtual terminal does not need to be specified on the startx command line.